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Class, Commuters, and Ethnicity in Rural Ontario
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
What was life like in the 1950s in small communities in Ontario? Lower-class and upper-class residents might have different memories of those days, but on one thing they would agree: it is a much different world in rural Ontario today. …
View book details for The Rise and Fall of the Toronto Typographical Union, 1832-1972
A Case Study of Foreign Domination
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
A meeting of twenty-four journeymen printers at the York Hotel in Toronto in 1832 marked the birth of Canadas earliest and still continuing labour organization. This case study of the printers of Toronto traces the development of the union which …
View book details for Riding to the Rescue
The Transformation of the RCMP in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1914-1939
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The Mountie may be one of Canada's best-known national symbols, yet much of the post-nineteenth century history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police remains unexamined, particularly the period between 1914 and 1939, when the RCMP underwent enormous transformation. The nature …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in Newton and his influence. His thought, like that of Aristotle and every other great thinker, underwent development which contemporary scholars are seeking to understand more clearly than did their …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
'Many years ago, I decided to write a book about the Rideau Canal. It is, therefore, with mixed feelings that I see that Robert Legget has beaten me to the tape. He is to be congratulated ... The definitive work …
View book details for Surrealism and Quebec Literature
History of a Cultural Revolution
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In 1948 the Quebec artist Paul-Emile Borduas published his famous manifesto Refus globala plea on behalf of the powers of imagination and sensibility in society and a revolt against rationalization, mechanization, and other restraining influences, including the church. Borduas and …
View book details for The American Retail Value Proposition
Crafting Unique Experiences at Compelling Prices
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The American economy is profoundly dependent on the success of its retailers and the strength of its consumer spending. Yet, how do leading retailers create value for their customers? To a large extent this has been accomplished by streamlining operations …
View book details for Moral Education
Interdisciplinary Approaches
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
This volume, based on an interdisciplinary conference of psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, and social scientists, explores a topic of vital importance todaymoral education. The book is organized around four questions: the nature and scope of moral education, the problem of ethical …
View book details for The Bunkhouse Man
Life and Labour in the Northern Work Camps
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Journalists and poets, economists and political historians, have told the story of Canadas railways, but their accounts pay little attention to the workers who built them. The Bunkhouse Man is the only study devoted to these men and their lives …
View book details for Allegories of Contamination
Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Life
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The Trilogia della vita (Trilogy of Life) is a series of three films that Pier Paolo Pasolini completed before his horrifying assassination in 1975, and it remains among the most controversial of his cinematic works. In Allegories of Contamination Patrick …
View book details for Indians in the Fur Trade
Their Roles as Trappers, Hunters, and Middlemen in the Lands Southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
First published in 1974, this best-selling book was lauded by Choice as 'an important, ground-breaking study of the Assiniboine and western Cree Indians who inhabited southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan' and 'essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the …
View book details for Critical Digital Studies
A Reader, Second Edition
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Since its initial publication, Critical Digital Studies has proven an indispensable guide to understanding digitally mediated culture. Bringing together the leading scholars in this growing field, internationally renowned scholars Arthur and Marilouise Kroker present an innovative and interdisciplinary survey of …
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Transforming Canada's Banks for the Information Age
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Winner of the 2018 Donner Prize for the Best Public Policy Book by Canadian authors, Stumbling Giants by Patricia Meredith and James L. Darroch presents a compelling new vision of the Canadian banking industry in which stakeholders work together to …
View book details for Medicine that Walks
Disease, Medicine, and Canadian Plains Native People, 1880-1940
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In this seminal work, Maureen Lux takes issue with the 'biological invasion' theory of the impact of disease on Plains Aboriginal people. She challenges the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with the diseases brought by European newcomers …
View book details for The Art of Nation-Building
Pageantry and Spectacle at Quebec's Tercentenary
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In 1908 Canada celebrated its 300th anniversary the tercentenary of Champlain's founding of Quebec City. In two glorious weeks of parades, ceremonies, balls, and festivities, Canadians commemorated their history in a spectacle that would not be surpassed until the centennial …
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Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Practices through Pedagogical Narration
University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Inspired by the idea of documentation as a valuable tool for making learning visible, pedagogical narration offers an opportunity to move beyond checklists and quick answers to a more complex understanding of how children learn, and how teachers might facilitate …
View book details for Welfare Reform in Canada
Provincial Social Assistance in Comparative Perspective
University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on social welfare …
View book details for The Shape of the City
Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Critics have long voiced concerns about the wisdom of living in cities and the effects of city life on physical and mental health. For a century, planners have tried to meet these issues. John Sewell traces changes in urban planning, …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Bonnie Sherr Kleins Not a Love Story provocatively examines the first Canadian film to explore pornographys role in society from a feminist perspective. Directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein for Studio D, the National Film Boards womens unit, the film featured …
View book details for Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty
New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
For thirty years, Alain-G. Gagnon has been one of the worlds leading experts on federalism and multinational democracies. In Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty, he presents an articulate and accessible introduction to the ways in which minority nations …
View book details for Interrogating the New Economy
Restructuring Work in the 21st Century
University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
This collection of original essays investigates the social, political, and economic transformations associated with the emergence of the so-called new economy, and their impact on the organization of work within Canada. Essays in the book discuss the ways in which …
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Five Costs of Living Online
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Whether we are checking emails, following friends on Facebook and Twitter, catching up on gossip from TMZ, planning holidays on TripAdvisor, arranging dates on Match.com, watching videos on Youtube, or simply browsing for deals on Amazon, the Internet pervades our …
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Essays on Canadian Documentaries
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Beginning in 1922, when Robert Flaherty filmed 'Nanook of the North' in Canada's Arctic, and encouraged by John Grierson and the federal government in 1939 when they created the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), documentaries have dominated Canada's film …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Onondaga is an Iroquoian language spoken at the Six Nations Reserve, near Brantford, Ontario, and at Onondaga Nation, near Syracuse, New York. Once spoken by a large Iroquoian population in New York State, Onondaga is now spoken by only a …
View book details for Obesity in Canada
Critical Perspectives
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Medical professionals, social policy makers, and the media have all declared that Canada is in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Conceptualizing obesity as a biological condition, these experts insist that it needs to be prevented and managed. Obesity in …
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